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Category Archives: networking
It’s Not a Competition…But We’re Still Ahead
Life is full of ironies and contradictions. Case in point: I write for two competitions (Who Wants to Be a Mathematician, and MATHCOUNTS), but I never have participated in a math competition myself. I hadn’t even heard of the Putnam … Continue reading
Posted in math circles, networking, outreach, parenting
Tagged children, competitions, mathcounts, olympiad, pre-college
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Building Locality
My first three years out of graduate school, when I was in visiting positions, I was moving a lot and didn’t have much extra energy to dig into the communities where I lived. I made some great friends, but we … Continue reading
Posted in community engagement, networking, service, Uncategorized
Tagged community engagement, gerrymandering, league of women voters, regional conferences
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Letter of Recommendation for a Boston Mathcation
Just got back from my month long research visit to the Boston area. I wrote last month about how hard it was to re-immerse myself in my research and writing for this visit, even though I desperately wanted to do … Continue reading
Posted in networking, research, teaching, traveling, women in math
Tagged Bjorn Poonen, girls' angle, Moon Duchin
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